FISCAL YEAR 2027 NAVAL RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS (NROTC) PROFESSOR OF NAVAL SCIENCE (

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R 072000Z MAY 26 MARADMIN 216/26 MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC MRA MM// SUBJ/FISCAL YEAR 2027 NAVAL RESERVE OFFICER TRAINING CORPS (NROTC) PROFESSOR OF NAVAL SCIENCE (PNS), EXECUTIVE OFFICER (XO), AND MARINE OFFICER INSTRUCTOR (MOI) SELECTION BOARD ANNOUNCEMENT// REF/A/MSGID: MCO/CMC/20210510// REF/B/MSGID: MCO/CMC/20210203// REF/C/MSGID: MCO/CMC/20190215// REF/D/MSGID: MSG/CMC/32017ZDEC25// REF/E/MSGID: MSG/CMC/261400ZFEB2026// REF/F/MSGID: MSG/CMC/241230ZMAR2026// NARR/REF A IS MCO 1300.8 CH-1, MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENT POLICY. REF B IS MCO 1001.65A, ACTIVE COMPONENT OFFICER RETENTION AND PRIOR SERVICE ACCESSIONS. REF C IS MCO 1900.16 CH 2, SEPARATION AND RETIREMENT MANUAL. REF D IS MARADMIN 582/25 REQUIREMENT UPDATE ON OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS FOR NON-PROMOTION SELECTION BOARDS. REF E IS MARADMIN 066/26 CHANGE 1 TO THE ADVANCE NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES TO THE MARINE CORPS PHYSICAL FITNESS TEST AND BODY COMPOSITION EVALUATION PROCESS. REF F IS MARADMIN 127/26 CHANGE 1 TO REQUIREMENT UPDATE ON OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHS FOR NON-PROMOTION SELECTION BOARDS// POC/C. P. MYRICK/MAJ/MMOA/TEL: 703-784-9276/ EMAIL: CARLIN.MYRICK@USMC.MIL// GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. This message announces the eligibility criteria for Marines who desire to apply for Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) NROTC duty beginning in summer 2027 and the timeline for selection board execution. The board will select officers for PNS, XO, and MOI duty. 1.a. Major timeline milestones are below: Date Milestone 11 June 2026 NROTC application deadline 25 June 2026 FY27 NROTC board convenes 2. Background 2.a. NROTC units are an essential component in the training of prospective naval officers. Officers serving at NROTC units mentor, develop, and shape the future officer corps and must therefore be of the highest caliber. Officers aspiring to serve on NROTC duty must possess superlative leadership and academic qualities, be of sound moral character, and demonstrate superior physical fitness. 2.b. Officers serving as a PNS, XO or MOI regularly support and augment summer training at Officer Candidates School and other seasonal training programs such as new student indoctrination, career orientation and training for Midshipmen. 3. Eligibility. NROTC positions are open to all active duty unrestricted officers who meet the criteria below. If an individual does not satisfy the criteria below, they must contact their Primary Military Occupational Specialty (PMOS) monitor to discuss waiver requirements. 3.a. All interested officers must receive approval to apply from their PMOS monitors, who will ensure officers meet all eligibility criteria or outline waiver requirements to become eligible. This correspondence must be included as an attachment to the application package submission. 3.b. Grade. Officers who are promoted, selected, or in-zone for the solicited billet grade requirements are eligible to apply. Paragraph (7) lists available billets with the required grade. 3.b.1. Officers applying for PNS, XO or MOI must possess the career timing to serve a full tour of duty (36 months) in the billet grade to which they are applying. Requests for exceptions will not normally receive favorable consideration. 3.b.2. Colonels or Selected Colonels from the Calendar Year (CY) 2025/FY27 promotion board who will satisfy their Tour Control Factor by 30 September 2027. 3.c. Time on Station. Officers who will complete their prescribed tour, on their current set of orders, NLT 30 September 2027 are eligible. 3.c.1. Officers may request, via Administrative Action form, to screen if they are scheduled to complete their prescribed tour after 1 October 2027. If applying to XO/MOI billets, the first O5 in the chain of command must endorse the request. If applying for PNS billets, the first general officer in the chain of command must endorse the request. The command must acknowledge a potential gap in staffing that could last until that officer’s natural rotation date or beyond. 3.c.2. Officers career designated (CD) or scheduled to screen for career designation on the FY27 Career Designation Panel 1 in Spring 2027. 3.d. Ineligibility Criteria 3.d.1. Colonels selected on the CY26/FY28 promotion board. 3.d.2. Officers with an approved separation or retirement date. 3.d.3. Officers with a mandatory separation or retirement date prior to 30 July 2030. 3.d.4. Officers who previously declined command. 3.d.5. Officers who previously declined career designation. 3.d.6. Officers in receipt of orders to report in FY27. 3.d.7. Marine Corps Doctor of Philosophy Program-Strategist (PHD-S) and Marine Corps Doctor of Philosophy Program-Technical (PHD-T). Officers enrolled in PHD-S or PHD-T programs who will not be dissertation complete by 30 June 2027. 3.d.8. Limited duty officers. 4. Required applicant attributes 4.a. Academics. Minimum requirement is a bachelor's degree with a 3.0 undergraduate grade point average (GPA). Select schools waive this requirement to a 2.5 GPA if the applicant's record is otherwise outstanding. Select billets require a master's degree. 4.b. Physical fitness. High first class PFT and CFT are recommended. 5. Assignment, selection, and slating. 5.a. MMOA makes every effort to match selected officers with their preferences. By applying for NROTC duty, officers volunteer and agree to be assigned to any available NROTC billet. Requests for declination by officers who applied and were selected for NROTC duty will not normally receive favorable consideration. 5.b. Officers selected for MOI duty who have not screened for career designation (CD) will be offered CD in conjunction with their selection to that duty per reference (b). 5.c. Selected officers who were not offered CD on a previous board for career designation, or are selected for career designation and decline, will nullify their MOI selection and execute their Expiration of Active Service (EAS). 5.d. Photographs are used in the non-statutory boards per references (d), (e), and (f). 5.e. Body Composition. Reference (e) modifies the Height and Weight requirement to a Waist-to-Height Ratio (WHtR) requirement. At present, there is no method for the Digital Boardroom to pull current WHtR information aside from an officer's official photograph or fitness reports. Accordingly, an officer will not be viewed negatively solely because a current WHtR measurement is not available to the board. However, previous Height and Weight measurements contained within an officer's record will be considered, as well as any fitness reports that were processed with a WHtR directed comment. Officers who desire to have their current WHtR made available to the board may update their official photograph in their Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) in accordance with reference (f). 6. Application process 6.a. Officers interested in NROTC duty who meet the above eligibility criteria must complete the FY27 NROTC application and submit the documents listed below as part of their package to MMOA-3 no later than 2359 ET on 11 June 2026. Submit all application documents outlined below to the following organization address: SMB_MMOA_PLANSO@USMC.MIL. Applicants must also complete the assignment questionnaire and upload all application documents via the questionnaire located at https://forms.osi.apps.mil/r/FLkKDD6aUf. 6.b. In the event that MMOA changes the list of available billets by updating the webpage in paragraph (7) after an officer has submitted his or her application, the officer may complete an updated questionnaire with revised billet preferences, but this is not required. If multiple questionnaires are submitted, MMOA will use the most recent submission. 6.c. Electronic packages must be submitted in a single portable document format (.pdf) file with the following naming convention: “EDIPI_LASTNAME_SUM27NROTC_DOC1.pdf”. The document must be less than 800KB in size. 6.d. The applications must include: 6.d.1. Document 1 - Personal statement. Submit this letter in standard naval letter format from the Marine to MMOA-3. Applicants are encouraged to submit personal statements of no more than one page. This is the officer’s opportunity to express in writing their desire to serve on NROTC duty and elaborate on relevant personal strengths and experiences. 6.d.2. Document 2 - Command endorsement. Submit this letter in standard naval letter format from the immediate chain of command. 6.d.3. Document 3 – Letter of Recommendation. At least one but no more than three letters of recommendation. 6.d.4. Document 4 - Official college transcripts. A certified copy of the applicant’s official college transcript will be included in the officer’s application. Official college transcripts must also be uploaded to the officer’s OMPF by the application deadline. If assistance is required, contact your unit S-1 or local IPAC. Officers are responsible for ensuring their OMPF is accurate at all times. If legible college transcripts are already included in the officer’s OMPF, duplicate submission is not required. 6.d.5. Document 5 – PMOS monitor correspondence for concurrence or non-concurrence. 7. Billet vacancies. 7.a. Below is the list of billets available at the time of publication. The list may change due to unforeseen circumstances and MMOA will post a current list on the NROTC Selection Panel webpage at https://www.manpower.marines.mil/Manpower-Management/ Officer-Assignments/Plans-and-Programs-MMOA-3/ 7.b. PNS vacancies for Colonel billets (read in four columns): MCC University Location Note H06 University Of California Berkeley, CA 1,3 H19 Florida A&M University Tallahassee, FL 3 H87 Virginia Military Institute Lexington, VA 1 H93 Villanova University Villanova, PA 1,3 7.c. XO vacancies for Major billets (read in four columns): MCC University Location Note H69 Prairie View A&M University Houston, TX 3 H91 University of Utah Salt Lake, UT 1 7.d. MOI vacancies for Captain billets (read in four columns): MCC University Location Note H07 The Citadel Charleston, SC 2 H24 University of Idaho Moscow, ID H31 Jacksonville University Jacksonville, FL H46 University of Mississippi University, MS 2,3 H57 Norwich University Northfield, VT H61 University of Arizona Tucson, AZ H62 University of Oklahoma Norman, OK H64 Oregon State University Corvallis, OR H65 Memphis State University Memphis, TN 2,3 H78 University of Rochester Rochester, NY H80 University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 2 H82 Univ of Southern California Los Angeles, CA H83 San Diego State University San Diego, CA H86 University of Texas Austin, TX H87 Virginia Military Institute Lexington, VA 2 H89 Texas A&M University College Station, TX H94 University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA H97 Rutgers University New Brunswick, NJ H9A Virginia Polytechnic Institute Roanoke, VA 2 HAD Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ Daytona Beach, FL Note 1: Master’s degree required. If an applicant does not possess a graduate degree, an enrollment, or an accepted status, into a graduate degree program is required. Note 2: Waives GPA requirement to 2.5. Note 3: This university is associated with a consortium. Local travel will be required between the university locations. 8. MMOA will release a selection MARADMIN as soon as feasible after the conclusion of the board. MMOA may not issue permanent change of station orders until they receive approval by the NROTC units or universities of selected officers. 9. Points of contact: 9.a. MMOA-1 Maj D. B. Heaton Email: davin.heaton@usmc.mil Comm: 703-784-9272 Maj C. P. Myrick Email: carlin.myrick@usmc.mil Comm: 703-784-9276 9.b. MMOA-2 Maj J. C. Moreno Email: juan.c.moreno@usmc.mil Comm: 703-784-9267 9.c. MMOA-3 Plans Officer Maj T. J. Kitasato Email: taylor.kitasato@usmc.mil Comm: 703-784-9284 10. This message is not applicable to the Marine Corps Reserve. 11. Release authorized by MajGen Fridrik Fridriksson, Director, Manpower Management Division.//